From: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-games-digest) To: acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-games-digest V3 #112 Reply-To: acka-games@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-games-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-games-digest Wednesday, May 27 1998 Volume 03 : Number 112 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 04:53:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 1 - /dev/joe's play > Correct Plays | Incorrect plays > -----------------------+---------------------------------------------------- > K S (starter) | > Q S (/dev/joe) | > 6 S (TGW) | > 3 S (else...if) | > 4 C (/dev/joe) | > 4 D (TGW) | > 5 D (else...if) | > 6 D (/dev/joe) | 5 H (TGW) > Q D (else...if acting)| > Q H (/dev/joe [*]) | K S (TGW) 8 H (else...if acting) > K H (/dev/joe) | > A H (TGW) | J H (else...if) A C (/dev/joe) > 2 S (TGW) | > 7 S (else...if) | A S (/dev/joe) 9 S (TGW [*]) J S (else...if) > | 5 S (/dev/joe) 6 C (TGW) 10 C (else...if) > 10 H (/dev/joe) | > K H (TGW) | A C (else...if) 3 H (/dev/joe) A S (TGW) > A H (else...if[*]) | > 2 C (/dev/joe) | 7 D (TGW) 10 C (else...if) 2 H (/dev/joe) > 3 C (TGW) | J C (else...if) > 4 D (/dev/joe) | 4 S (TGW) 5 S (else...if) I play the 4 of hearts. - -- /dev/joe Had already figured out exactly as much information about the rule as the second clue revealed. :-( ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 05:01:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Acka: Razor Boomerang Excavation I-love-Odyssey! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 06:12:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ian K." Subject: Re: Acka: Duel Challenge With regard to the duel now in existence between Alfvaen and JT, I believe that I am required to referee it? If not, somebody stop me. If so, then I will start in about a day. Koxvolio ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 06:17:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Re: Acka: Duel Challenge > With regard to the duel now in existence between Alfvaen and JT, > I believe that I am required to referee it? > > If not, somebody stop me. > > If so, then I will start in about a day. The rules require the challenged player's second to referee if no-one else volunteers. Remember that when you do start it you need to specify who goes first. MTM. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 08:02:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Acka: *ping* Today is Wednesday, the 27th day of May, and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 8 times. /dev/joe Scholar of *ping* ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:15:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: YORL > He directed more of the jets in the direction of the Quirpele of > Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, and soon the cyclopean > monoceratopsian creature was frozen solid in a block of ice. > > "Good work--whoa!" Kirby 2600 slipped on the suddenly icy top of the > tower, and slid headlong towards Thin Man. Before Sam could react, the > two of them flew off the top of the tower and fell towards the snowy > ground below. > > Alfvaen plays: water tower Since there was almost three days between the time this play was posted and the start of the muppetlabs downtime, I am now accepting this play. It is burnt, and the loose end "one-eyed, one-horned" is tied off, and Alfvaen gets an ale, his 2nd. Alfvaen has two cards remaining, and it is his turn. The other four loose ends (cowboy, snowgod, thin man, and 2600) remain loose -- thin man and 2600 very loose, at the moment. :-) /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:20:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost > I play 'v'. This was over three days ago now and Hubert has failed to play, so in the thread where we don't have a vacation e is eliminated from the game making it Slakko's go. Only Slakko and Alfvaen now remain. Since I'm on the subject of failing to play in subgames, I remind Ayla to make her play in Bacon, if she's watching. Mr. Tambourine Man, referee to two subgames at the same time :-). ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:43:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Towsner Subject: Acka: Fictionary Sorry about the delay. The next Ing word is geniculate. - -- - -Henry Towsner Success is the child of audacity. -Benjamin Disraeli ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 19:05:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 1 - /dev/joe's play On Tue, 26 May 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote: > > 3 C (TGW) | J C (else...if) > > 4 D (/dev/joe) | 4 S (TGW) 5 S (else...if) > > I play the 4 of hearts. This is correct. > Had already figured out exactly as much information about the rule as > the second clue revealed. :-( If you had, I don't see why you're not a Prophet already. The rest is just your everyday average rule. I thought... Sigh. - -Hubert "I have felt him." "Strange, that I have not." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 19:06:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Razor Boomerang Excavation On Tue, 26 May 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote: > I-love-Odyssey! Nope, sorry. I'm impressed with your research though. Or was it just AltaVista? :-) Oh, and JT? Told you so. :-) - -Hubert "I have felt him." "Strange, that I have not." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 19:10:22 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Razor Boomerang Excavation On Wed, 27 May 1998, Eric Plumb wrote: >Nope, sorry. I'm impressed with your research though. Or was it just >AltaVista? :-) > >Oh, and JT? Told you so. :-) Nope, you said /dev/joe would find it, and he hasn't yet :) - --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 20:11:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Towsner Subject: Acka: Fictionary Private I have been reminded that I should have sent the last message to - -priv. Reply to this one with your fictionary word if you haven't sent one. - -- - -Henry Towsner Success is the child of audacity. -Benjamin Disraeli ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 20:47:20 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Acka: Eleusis Game 1 - Round 1 - Mr. Tambourine Man's play Players and Scores: Hubert : 0 gamepoints ( 0 cards) (Deus) /dev/joe : 0 gamepoints (10 cards) * TGW : 0 gamepoints (15 cards) else...if : 0 gamepoints (17 cards) (* denotes who's turn it is to play -- play will be entered only after Deus and prophet respond to the play) [TGW is Mr. Tambourine Man so that I had less editing to do :)] NOTE: Incorrect plays now cause the player to drop out of the round. Card ranks: The cards in each suit are ranked A-2 with Ace high. Wild cards are ranked below 2's. Correct Plays | Incorrect plays - -----------------------+------------------------------------------------------ K S (starter) | Q S (/dev/joe) | 6 S (TGW) | 3 S (else...if) | 4 C (/dev/joe) | 4 D (TGW) | 5 D (else...if) | 6 D (/dev/joe) | 5 H (TGW) Q D (else...if acting)| Q H (/dev/joe [*]) | K S (TGW) 8 H (else...if acting) K H (/dev/joe) | A H (TGW) | J H (else...if) A C (/dev/joe) 2 S (TGW) | 7 S (else...if) | A S (/dev/joe) 9 S (TGW [*]) J S (else...if) | 5 S (/dev/joe) 6 C (TGW) 10 C (else...if) 10 H (/dev/joe) | K H (TGW) | A C (else...if) 3 H (/dev/joe) A S (TGW) A H (else...if[*]) | 2 C (/dev/joe) | 7 D (TGW) 10 C (else...if) 2 H (/dev/joe) 3 C (TGW) | J C (else...if) 4 D (/dev/joe) | 4 S (TGW) 5 S (else...if) 4 H (/dev/joe[*]) [*] every 10th card after the starter is marked while there is no prophet [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 22:28:32 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: YORL duel play > Koxvolio plays Dichotomy. This play is accepted and burned, but once again it was a close call on my part. It is Koxvolio's turn. Koxvolio: 6 cards The Gingham Wearer: 7 cards Loose Ends: temple, city - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Bruce Hornsby & The Range:A Night On The Town Current Book--Robert Jordan:The Shadow Rising Everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 22:36:00 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (Ayla) K 2 has failed to submit a play in time. As such, I am revealing eir cards here: K 2: QS QS 10S QH 10H 10H 9H 8H 7H 8D 7D 4D 4D 4D AD QC 7C It is now up to Prophet Ayla to determine whether it was in fact proper to play "No Play" at this time. If e declares it was not, and I approve of this, then e must pick a card to play, which I must also approve. It was so much simpler when it was just me... :-) - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Bruce Hornsby & The Range:A Night On The Town Current Book--Robert Jordan:The Shadow Rising Let us now beat swords into dead horses ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 22:38:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Raquel Peres da Silva" Subject: Acka: Game of Pure Skill - Round 11 Round | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Prize | 8S | AS | 7S | QS | 5S Pandora's bid | 3H | 7H | 8H | KH * | Koxvolio's bid | 7D * | 9D | JD | 3D | JM's bid | JC | 5C | 9C | 6C | Winner | JM | JM | Koxvolio | Pandora | * Indicates a randomic card picked by the referee, because the player failed to send eir bid on time. So far, the score is: Pandora .......... 25 Koxvolio .......... 21 JM Bear .......... 21 Yours, Ayla Priestess of the Order of the Razor Boomerangs Priestess of the Church of the Evil Ballot Stuffer Law of Cat Sleeping: All cats must sleep with people whenever possible, in a position as uncomfortable for the people involved as is possible for the cat. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 22:54:28 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Acka: YORL It took precious seconds for Sam to react, and when he did use the ring to blink himself back down to the ground, he was too late. In a mess of tangled limbs, ThinMan and Kirby 2600, as well as Kirby's vacuum cleaner, hit the ground with a resounding thud, accompanied more quietly by the sound of breaking bones. By sheer ill fortune they had landed on a bare patch of exposed rock face. Hoping against hope they had somehow survived, he stumbled his way through the snow toward them. By the time he reached them, though, he knew it was too late. There was no life in the spindly limbs, whether wrapped in leather or in motley. Even Kirby's vacuum cleaner was broken open. There had to be a way to bring them back! There had to be! Suddenly he thought of the Talisman of banna. Maybe the two parts of it he had were not without power... He took them out--the twenty-five cent piece, and the eternally shifting one--and set them on the rock. Then he sat before them, cross-legged on the rock(thankful for his chaps), and concentrated on the two pieces of the Talisman and on the bodies before him. And he felt something! But not what he was expecting. Within the pieces of the Talisman were life forces themselves. They were somewhat familiar to him, and reminiscent of his two companions. At his slightest mental touch, they sprang forth into the two ruined bodies and started them undergoing a swift transformation. Barely had Sam opened his eyes again when he saw them before him. On one side was an eternally-shifting figure, with Thin Man's spindliness but a variety of faces and limbs. And not nearly as much height--only three feet tall, with pointed ears that seemed almost that long. Dressed in a drab green that would certainly be good camouflage in a forest. And on the other side... A figure resplendent in a white jumpsuit, shimmering rhinestones, slicked-back hair, and sunglasses, holding an electric guitar. "How ya doin'," the figure said. "Ah'm Elvis." Alfvaen plays: thud - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Third Eye Blind:Semi-Charmed Life Current Book--Robert Jordan:The Shadow Rising drat, there's a tear in my eye, how will I mend it? --cdick ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 23:14:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Raquel Peres da Silva" Subject: Re: Acka: Eleusis G2R1 (Ayla) > K 2 has failed to submit a play in time. As such, I am revealing eir > cards here: > > K 2: > QS QS 10S > QH 10H 10H 9H 8H 7H > 8D 7D 4D 4D 4D AD > QC 7C > > It is now up to Prophet Ayla to determine whether it was in fact proper > to play "No Play" at this time. No, it wasn't. > If e declares it was not, and I approve of this, then e must pick a card > to play, which I must also approve. It was so much simpler when it was > just me... :-) Does it mean that I can't pick one of eir cards to play until you approve my "no, it wasn't" statement? OK... I'll be waiting for you. Yours, Ayla Prophet ------------------------------ End of acka-games-digest V3 #112 ********************************